{"id":3032,"date":"2026-01-22T09:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:04:30","slug":"using-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2026\/using-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Using Gratitude\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Madelyn Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Using Gratitude\" class=\"wp-image-3009\" style=\"width:693px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/1-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"what is it?\" class=\"wp-image-3010\" style=\"width:696px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3.jpg\" alt=\"What does the research say?\" class=\"wp-image-3011\" style=\"width:694px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/3-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4.jpg\" alt=\"how can you practice it?\" class=\"wp-image-3012\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/4-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Sources\" class=\"wp-image-3013\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/5-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6.jpg\" alt=\"sources cont.\" class=\"wp-image-3014\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6-512x640.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/01\/6-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Madelyn 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